Mugabe's Gone, But Zimbabwe Still Has A Serious Cash Shortage
The lack of hard currency is a severe problem for the southern African nation.
by Kat Lonsdorf
Jul 28, 2018
3 minutes
It's a little after 8 a.m. on a Wednesday morning in downtown Harare, and Brandon Moyo has been waiting in line for the ATM for over four hours already. He's hoping to withdraw $20 — but it's not looking promising. There are over 20 people in front of him and bank officials have already warned they might run out of cash before he gets to the front.
Moyo is from a small farming town about 65 miles outside of Harare. He says banks in his town usually don't have any cash at all these days, so he
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